Legal Opinion
United States v. Veon
District Court, E.D. California
Decided April 29, 1982No. CR. S-81-172A-LKKPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KARLTON, District Judge.
In 1970 Congress adopted two criminal statutes. One, the Controlled Substances Act (Title II of Pub.L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970) contained a provision directed to continuing criminal enterprises and is commonly known by the initials CCE (21 U.S.C. § 848). The other sought to combat organized crime (Title IX of Pub.L. 91-452, Oct. 15, 1970) and is commonly known as RICO. Both statutes carry a feature rare in American law — namely, a criminal forfeiture of property provision (the CCE provision for forfeiture is codified at 21 U.S.C. § 848(a)(2); RICO’s…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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